Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor who has had roles in TV series such as The Hunt for Raoul Moat, Vikings: Valhalla, The Alienist, Taken Down, Charlie, North Sea Connection, The Tudors, Single Handed and films including Dorothy Mills (2008), The Front Line (2006), Headrush (2003) and This Is My Father (1998), This Must Be The Place (2011) and Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008).
O'Connor's first novel, MOJO, was released on Amazon in 2019.
Biography Born in Cork, O'Connor trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College Dublin.
Career O'Connor made his professional acting debut in Pat McCabe's Loco County Lonesome at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in September 1994. His on-screen debut came in the film The Informant (1997). O'Connor plays a younger version of the Earl of ShrewsburyThe Earl of Shrewsbury is depicted in the series as a much younger man. At the time of the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536, which is when he is featured in The Tudors, historically, he was 70 yrs old. The date confirms that he had to have been the 4th Earl of Shrewsbury; as titles are passed on after a noble dies.The Tudors. Showtime. Season 3, Episode The Northern Uprising (2009). TV episode. in the third series of Michael Hirst's hit television series The Tudors, first aired on 5 April 2009 in the United States on Showtime, and August 2009 in the United Kingdom on BBC2.
His first film as writer/actor/producer Blink was nominated in World Competition at the Montreal World Film Festival.
In 2015, he played the former Minister for Justice Seán Doherty in RTÉ's Charlie. In 2016, he played Patrick Pearse in The Bloody Irish for PBS, and in 2018 he played Mackin in RTE's drama Taken Down.
As a voice over-artist, he has voiced several ad campaigns, animated series (such as Galactik Football and The Mad Cows) and computer games like Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. In the latter he voiced one of the lead characters, Kian Alvane.
Filmography
Film Don't Go (2018) The Belly Of The Whale (Director Wishes To Thank) (2018) While You Were Gone (Writer, Producer) Blink (2013) This Must Be the Place (2011) Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) Dorothy Mills (2008) Eden (2008) The Front Line (2006) Turning Green (2005) RoseBud (2004) Headrush (2003) This Time Round (2001) Mad About Mambo (2000) When the Sky Falls (2000) The Black Suit (2000) Boat Racing (1999) This Is My Father (1998) The Informant (1997) Fanatic (1997) Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1997) The Boys of Barr na Sráide (1996)
Television Irish Blood Sergeant Claude The Hunt for Raoul Moat Steve Neill Vikings: Valhalla Earl of East Anglia North Sea Connection Bryan The Alienist Murphy Taken Down (2018) Mackin The Bloody Irish (2016) Patrick Pearse Charlie (2015) Titanic: Blood & Steel (2012) Rasaí na Gaillimhe 2 (2012) The Mad Cows (2011) Single Handed (2010) The Tudors (2009) Rasaí na Gaillimhe (2009) Showbands II (2007) Teenage Cics (2006) Stardust (2006) Galactik Football (2006) Showbands (2005) The Blizzard of Odd (2001) Rí Rá (2001) The Ambassador (1998)
Theatre The Bloody Irish, (Patrick Pearse), The Helix Borstal Boy, (Joe da Vinci), Gaiety Theatre, Dublin A Woman of No Importance, Abbey Theatre, Dublin Loco Country Lonesome (Packo), Olympia Theatre, Dublin Hamlet (Laertes), Riverbank Theatre, Dublin The Crucible (Danforth), Beckett Centre, Ireland Picnic (Hal), Focus Theatre, Ireland I Like Armadillos (Sean), Andrews Lane, Dublin
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External links
fr:Gavin O'Connor